What Should the Government Do about the Segration of Students by Their Racial or Ethinicity?

Summary: Essay examines what national, state, or local governments should do about segregation in our public schools today.

Segregation. When people hear this word, they think back to the 60s and the civil rights movement. Segregation is still very alive today. People believe that segregation died when the civil rights movement was over. However, as many found out, segregation is not something that can be instantly wiped away like spilled orange juice. Segregation is more like a stubborn stain that no matter how much you clean it the stain is never fully removed.

National governments can try to do what they did not do back in the seventies. The national governments should pass laws to give state and local governments' power to try to help desegregate the public schools. One of the laws could be for example, that all state governments have the power to come into the public schools and see how...